Umbrella



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UMBRELLA.

(No Model.)

No. 378,963. Patented Mar. 6, 1888;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDMUND Q. ISON, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,963, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed June 11, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND QUIN IsoN, of Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of New York, a subject of the Queen of England, have-invented a new and Improved Umbrella, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas, and has for its object to provide an umbrella capable of revolving upon the stick, and alsov provide an improved catch for retaining the umbrella in an open position. 1

The inventionconsists in the construction and combinationof the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out w in the claim.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open umbrella, partly broken away, having myimprovement applied; and Fig. 2 is a partial 'vertical section through the same with the ribs and covering removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the runner.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the stick, B the ribs, and O the usual fabric covering and supported by the said ribs.

The stick A, immediately below the point at which the usual cap, a, is attached, is provided with a peripheral recess adapted to extend downward toward the handle, terminating a short distance below that portion of the said stick covered by the runner D when the umbrella is opened. In the said recess upon the stick a sleeve, 0, is loosely fitted, having integral with its upper end the slotted head or notch E, in which the ends of the ribs are pivoted, the outer surface of the sleeve 0 be- 7 ing in all casesflush with the outer surface of the stick.

Upon the outer surface of the sleeve, near the lower or inner end, a lug, d, is produced, and the said sleeve is held in position by collars d d fixed to the stick, one below the sleeve and the other above the same and beneath the cap a, as shown in Fig. 2.

The runner D, to which the brace-rods e are pivoted, is provided with the usual slot, F, adapted to receive the ordinary spring-catch, f, situated in the stick near the handle, which slot F is in alignment with the lug d upon the sleeve 0. A pin, 9, is secured to one side of. the runner below the slotted flange 9 thereof,

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and a ring, H, is made to loosely encircle the said runner between the flange g and the pin 9, the said ring being provided with an outwardly-extending ifiverted-U-shaped projection, h, which projection is formed by stamping up the ring, or inany other well-known or approved manner, the space transversely between the members being equal to the width of the slot F and longitudinally sufficient to clear the spring-catch f and lug cl.

The ring H is provided upon one side at the lower edgewith a recess, h, which recess is located immediately above the pin 9, the sides of the recess by contact with the pin limiting the lateral movement of the ring H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In operation, when the umbrella is raised, the slot F in the runner receives the lug d, which lug'passes through the U-shaped projection h of the ring below the lower edge of the same, and the said projection is carried over to the right, as shown in Fig. 1, until stopped by the engagement with the walls of the recess h of the pin 9, the runner being thus held securely in an elevated position, supported upon one side by the pin 9 and upon the other by the log (1.

It will be observed that the body of the umbrella may now revolve freely upon the stick. Thus, if the said body comes in contact with any obstacle while the carrier is moving, it will not be liable to sustain injury, as while the stick remains stationary in the hand the body will revolve and free itself, and in the event of a high wind the force thereof will be broken by the revolution of the body, and the umbrella be thereby prevented from turning inside out.

Having thus described my invention,what I EDMUND Q. ISON.

Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, Jr., (J. SEnewIoK. 

